Buoyant-orbicular-seesaw-system (boss)

ABSTRACT

There is provided, an embodiment, a machine and a method for utilizing the roll of an imbalanced seesaw-like system to obtain useable power. A buoy  11  filled with air is immersed in water inside a container  13,  at each end of rolling seesaw. One buoy  11  displaces water outwards, by the force of its buoyancy, in one container  13,  while another buoy  11  displaces water inward, by derivative force acting on it in an outwards direction, in the other container  13.  The buoys  11  are connected by a pipe  10,  which moves the buoys, back and forth, in the containers  13.  During the roll, one container  13  becomes heavier than the other and always on the same side of the rolling path, which keeps the seesaw rolling in one direction.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] a) Field Of The Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to systems and methods forconverting ambient energy into useable source of power.

[0003] b) The Prior Art

[0004] A limited range of systems and methods are known for convertingambient energy into useable source of power. The prior art has failed toprovide the unique combination of concepts presented in the presentinvention.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0005] The invention provides, in the present embodiment, a system andmethod for converting ambient energy into useable source of power. Theinvention, titled Buoyant-Orbicular-Seesaw-System, in short, BOSS, candrive a generator. The BOSS is a seesaw-like arm connected to acontainer at each of its ends. A buoy, filled with fluid, inside eachcontainer is immersed in heavier fluid. The buoys, connected by a pipe,can force their lighter fluid to flow between them, as they move inorbicular paths. A starting rolling speed, of the arm, may be requiredwhen the arm is not long enough. As the containers reach certain rollingspeed, the buoyancy influence changes the direction of the buoyanteffects on the buoys from up to inward, which is the center of therolling arm. One of the means for pushing the pipe downwards with thebuoys is a pair of weights near the center of the pipe. Every time thearm crosses its horizontal line, the pair of weights moves the buoysdownward and the heavier container falls down to the bottom of thevertical line. As the containers cross the vertical line, the uppercontainer becomes heavier than the lower container and it continues tofall down in the same direction. Though the speed of the containers ishigh, the center of the arm, where the pair of weights are located, isconveniently slow enough for buoyant bodies to move at their pace.

[0006] The BOSS can work in combination with other similar machines andit can roll under the effect of other unidirectional forces.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0007] The invention will be more readily understood by reference to thefollowing description, taken with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0008]FIG. 1 is an overview of the present invention, showing one of itshorizontal positions. The set of drive-cylinder 22 and pipe 10 can beincluded to help each buoy 11 to propel itself against its buoyantforce, especially, when it is shaped like a propeller. The heaviercontainer 13 is seen on the right—East, with the water in it having beendisplaced by buoy 11, outwards. Most of the water in the left container13 is seen at the inner part of container 13. As the right and heaviercontainer 13 falls down-to-earth, the left container 13 rolls up, in aclockwise roll. Stationary-bevel-gear 21 is seen up—North, and beam 17down South.

[0009]FIG. 2 is a side-view of the present invention showing one of itsvertical positions. The tube-locker 26 can lock buoy-membranes 12 andcontainer-membranes 14 together and it can be used as conduit betweencontainers 13. The upper buoy 11 is seen in its expanded shape and thelower buoy 11 in its contracted shape, even though the distances of bothbuoys 11 from the center are the same. The parallel-bevel-gear 23, theeccentric-bevel-gear 24 and the push-pull-arm 25, can be included asanother means for moving buoys 11, back and forth, inside containers 13.

DESCRIPTION OF SPECIFIC EMBODIMENT

[0010] Parts in the embodiment and their designated numbers in thedrawings are:

[0011] The pipe 10; The buoy 11; The buoy-membrane 12; The container 13;The container-membrane 14; The air-vent 15; The ambient-heat-transferors16; The beam 17; The falling-weights 18; The gearbox 19; Therolling-bevel-gear 20; The stationary-bevel-gear 21; The drive-cylinder22; The parallel-bevel-gear 23; The eccentric-Bevel-gear 24; Thepush-pull-arm 25; The tube-locker 26.

[0012] The invention may be implemented in a wide range of embodiments.

[0013] In FIG. 1 is shown one working machine. As the system rolls in aclockwise direction from vertical line to vertical line, it passes thehorizontal position seen in FIG. 1. During most of the half roll, theright container 13 can remain heavier than the left container 13. As theright container 13 crosses the bottom of the vertical line, it canbecome the lighter container 13. This imbalance repeats itself becausepipe 10 and buoys 11 can be forced to move downward by thefalling-weights 18. Drive-cylinder 22 can also rotate pipe 10 aboutitself by engaging its continuous helical grove on its inner surfacewith the cross threads on the outer surface of pipe 10 while forcingbuoys 11 downward, as each moves in orbicular path. The engagement seenin FIG. 1 between drive-cylinder 22 and pipe 10 makes it easier for eachbuoy 11 to propel itself in heavy fluid and against its buoyant force,especially, when its size decreases when buoy-membrane 12 curves intothe buoy 11. Buoy-membranes 12 can curve together when fluid flowsbetween them through pipe 10. Fluid can flow between buoys 11 only whenother fluid can flow between containers 13. Each container can havedouble wall made of flexible material, the container-membrane 14, whichis parallel to the outer wall of container 13. Between these two walls,pressurized fluid, lighter than the other fluid in the container 13, isenclosed in a confined space. This pressurized light fluid can flowbetween containers 13 by way of tube-locker 26 and through the air-vent15 in each container 13, which can be connected by another tube. Whenbuoys 11 move downward, the bottom buoy 11 can decrease its size andforce fluid to flow to the upper buoy 11, which increases in size. BothBuoy-membranes 12 curve accordingly. At the same time,container-membranes 14 also curve and pressurized fluid flows from theupper container 13 to the lower container 13. The upper container 13 canbecome heavier than the lower container 13 as it crosses the uppervertical line and it continues to fall in a clockwise direction.

[0014] In FIG. 2 another mechanism is seen, which can force buoys 11downward. Parallel-bevel-gear 23, which is driven by Drive-cylinder 22,drives eccentric-bevel-gear 24, which rotates on a shaft fixed to beam17 and drives push-pull-arm 25, which moves pipe 10 downward.Tube-locker 26, which is inserted inside the length of pipe 10, can beadded to connect the buoys-membranes 12 and container-membranes 14 sothat they can be locked and move together when buoys 11 contract andexpand. Tube-locker 26 can be fixed to the containers 13 and can be usedto change the shape of the buoys, according to the direction of theirmovement, so that they can be more aerodynamic.

[0015] In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are seen rolling-bevel-gear 20 andstationary-bevel-gear 21 meshed with each other and housed insidegearbox 19, which is fixed to beam 17. Beam 17 is seen carrying acontainer 13 at each of its ends. Ambient-heat-transferors 16 are seencovering each container 13. Ambient-heat-transferors 16 are designed towarm the cooler fluid in the system. The fluid becomes cooler whenpressurized fluid, which is forced to flow into narrow airways, loosesheat. When the pressurized fluid in the airways flows into expandingspaces, it cools the fluid in the system. Pipe 10 can incorporate amechanism for delaying the movement of buoys 11 when pipe 10 moves. Eachbuoy 11 can incorporate a feature, which can propel it through fluid,such as continuous helical groove. Beam 17 can have its own hinge androll about its center-point when the falling-weights 18 are the onlyoption selected for moving the buoys 11 downward. Each of thefalling-weights 18 can be mounted on ball bearing so as to prevent itfrom turning with pipe 10 and buoys 11. The rolling-bevel-gear 20 can befixed to one drive-cylinder 22, which is embedded through the center ofthe rolling-bevel-gear 20 and it can be split in two halves, each halffixed to a separate rolling-bevel-gear 20.

[0016] While this invention has been described with reference to themechanism disclosed herein, it is not confined to the details as setforth and is not intended in any way to limit the broad features orprinciples of said apparatus, method, system, the machine, or the scopeof patent monopoly to be granted. This application is intended to coverany modification or changes that may come within the scope of thefollowing claims.

I claim:
 1. Apparatus, for using seesaw-like rolling motion to generatepower, comprising: (a) a beam; (b) a container, which contains fluid,connected to each end of the beam; (c) a buoy, filled with fluid,displaces fluid inside each container; (d) a pipe, which moves the buoysin the containers, adapted to let fluid flow between the buoys; (e)means for synchronizing the displacement of fluid inside the containerswith the position of the containers on their rolling path.
 2. Theapparatus as in claim 1, wherein the means for synchronizing thedisplacements of fluid inside the containers with the position of thecontainers on their rolling path, comprising: (a) gearbox; (b)stationary-bevel-gear, fixed to a stationary-shaft, housed in thegearbox; (c) rolling-bevel-gear, meshed with and perpendicular to thestationary-bevel-gear, housed in the gearbox; (d) drive-cylinder,embedded at the center of the rolling-bevel-gear and perpendicular toit, with the pipe inserted inside the length of the drive-cylinder; (e)means for turning the pipe about itself and for moving it, back andforth, in relation with the drive-cylinder; (f) means for changing thesize of each buoy; (g) means for exchanging fluid between thecontainers.
 3. The apparatus as in claim 2, wherein the means forchanging the size of each buoy, comprising: (a) flexible wall, at theouter side of each buoy, which can curve, inward, into the buoy; (b)means for reducing each buoy into aerodynamic shape.
 4. The apparatus asin claim 2, wherein the means for exchanging fluid between thecontainers, comprising: (a) flexible wall, in each container, parallelto the outer wall of the container where pressurized fluid can beconfined in the space between the double walls; (b) a vent, in eachcontainer; (c) a tube, connecting the vents, through which thepressurized fluid can flow between the containers so that the parallelflexible walls in the containers and the flexible walls of the buoys cancurve.
 5. A method for converting ambient energy into useable source ofpower, including the steps: (a) Rolling seesaw-like arm, in onedirection, with each end attached to a container containing fluid, inwhich a buoy filled with lighter fluid is immersed; (b) Displacing fluidin the containers with a pipe, which moves the buoys inside thecontainers, downward; (c) synchronizing the movement of the pipe withthe position of the containers on their rolling path.
 6. A system, forutilizing buoyancy influence as source of power, comprising: (a) a pipe;(b) a buoy, filled with fluid, attached to each end of the pipe; (c) acontainer, connected to each end of a beam, containing fluid, in which abuoy is immersed and moves, back and forth; (d) means for unbalancingthe containers, as they roll about the mid-point of the beam, so as toroll the containers, in one direction.
 7. The system, as in claim 6,wherein said means for unbalancing the containers, comprising: (a) meansfor changing the size of the buoys, as they move, back and forth, in thecontainers; (b) means for exchanging fluid between the containers. 8.The system, as in claim 7, wherein the means for exchanging fluidbetween the containers, comprising: (a) flexible chambers, inside eachcontainer, where pressurized fluid can be confined; (b) a tube,connecting the flexible chambers in the containers, adapted to let anexchange of pressurized fluid between the flexible chambers.